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Cox Automotive’s Commitment to Community 01/01/2020 Cox Automotive strives to be best-in-class for giving back. And in 2019, its brands had a big impact mobilizing team members to make the world a better place. The company provided 16 hours of paid time off to volunteer, plus an online portal that made it easy to get involved. And get involved they did. Team members rolled up their sleeves for the American Red Cross,… Read Article

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Cultivating Next Generation Leaders: Zo Rahim 10/23/2019 Atlanta native Zo Rahim had a career plan at age 11: one day he would run his own hedge fund. As a precocious child studying financial markets after school, he started tracking the luxury markets and its impact on consumers. This adolescent passion became the impetus for a bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics from Emory University. After a brief stint in investment management post-graduation, Zo… Read Article

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Home Is Where the Heart Is: How an Everlasting Spirit of Giving Locally Forges Close Community Ties for Vermont-based Dealer.com 07/01/2019 Without a doubt, Dealer.com – the industry’s premier digital marketing provider – is dedicated to the success of car dealerships throughout North America. But for this Cox Automotive company, helping out at home in Burlington, Vermont, is equally as important. Over 1,300 team members work out of Dealer.com headquarters in Burlington, the cultural, economic, and technological epicenter of the state. It’s also where the company’s community… Read Article

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The Men of Women With Drive 06/11/2019 Recently, one of our employee resource groups, Women With Drive, hosted a panel discussion at our headquarters in Atlanta about how men can be better allies for women in the workplace. With women making up only 35% of the automotive industry workforce, this is an essential question to address as we work to cultivate workforce equity and empowerment. Marianne Johnson, moderator, Chief Product Officer, and executive… Read Article

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No Excuses 06/05/2019 No Excuses. This is the name we give to our month-long volunteer campaign in May, encouraging team members across Cox Enterprises to give back to their local communities while taking advantage of 16 hours of paid time per year to volunteer – a standard benefit for every team member. It’s an initiative whose roots can be traced back over a decade ago to an Autotrader district… Read Article

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Employee Resource Groups: Bringing Team Members Together 05/02/2019 Diversity and inclusion aren’t just feel-good buzzwords at Cox Automotive. We’re deeply committed to creating a diverse workplace that nourishes an environment of engagement and respect among team members. This positive work culture includes Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). At Cox Automotive, ERGs are instrumental to business success, demonstrating value in recruitment and retention, marketing, brand enhancement, training, and career development. “ERGs create an environment for team… Read Article

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Shaferia Harris: Walking the Talk 04/09/2019 When Shaferia Harris joined Cox Automotive in 2008 as an account manager in the Dealer Services operations department at Autotrader, she was delighted to find an employer aligned with her personal values. “They truly care about empowering team members and improving the entire community,” she explained. “It’s not just public relations talk. We actually live up to those values every day at Cox Automotive.” Harris started… Read Article

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Cox Automotive Values in the Spotlight at NADA 2019 02/12/2019 We’re committed to driving positive change and doing the right thing – not only within the company, but throughout the automotive industry and communities we serve. This commitment was recently on full display in San Francisco, home to this year’s NADA Convention, where we donated to a community partner and recognized industry standouts for their like-minded contributions. “We are always proud to have Cox Automotive leaders… Read Article

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Meet Jean Adero: Improving Literacy and Transforming Lives in Africa 02/05/2019 Jean’s father passed away when she was a college student. Because she and her five siblings were all female, her family’s property in Kenya was almost taken away. By law, women were not allowed to inherit their father’s property. However, the sisters challenged the matter in court, won, and held on to their home. Years later, Jean decided the home her family fought to keep should… Read Article

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Meet Ashley Smith, Software Engineer in Austin 12/21/2018 Ashley is a Software Engineer at vAuto in Austin, TX. What drove her to vAuto are the tech stacks she’s able to work with and the opportunity to learn and grow from some of the smartest people in the business. She loves the team-oriented environment, the fact that everyone has each other’s back and the work/life balance she needs. She’s passionate about dancing and her dog… Read Article

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